Published 10:40 pm, Friday, June 14, 2013

The Route 9 amusement park could be history if plans to sell the land work out, reports The Business Review, and that has people talking on social media.

The hometown amusement park, built in the 1950s, is where families have taken their children for generations for the old Skee-Ball machine in the arcade or to hear the train's whistle as it weaves through the property.

Readers tell us what they'll miss most if the park closes.

The merry-go-round and the train. I rode my first (and only) roller coaster at Hoffman's, and I loved riding the horses on the merry-go-round. I can still hear the whistle of the train in my head. I was hoping to take my children there one day, but I am sad to find out I may not be able to.

From the time I was little and even when I took my now-grown children on the train, when we went through the tunnel we all would say "whoooooooo" like the tunnel had ghosts until we came out the other side. Kind of corny but a great memory.

—Terrie Hogan Weber

The bumper cars. Even though it might be old doesn't mean it needs to be replaced with new. Everyone in our tri-city area has good memories of Hoffman's. I know I do. Hope they decide to keep it open.